Full Game Reviews

Way back in the 16-bit era – the 4th Generation, better known as The Golden Age – Enix, the developer/publisher best known for ‘Dragon Quest’ and later for its merger with Squaresoft to form Square-Enix, did some very stupid things. Instead of localizing “Dragon Quest 5” and “Dragon Quest 6” for Western release, the company pushed absolutely terrible games, such as “Brain Lord” and a ruined localization of “Elnard” (which we know as the hideously unbalanced and nearly unplayable “The 7th Saga”). During this time, Enix served as the exclusive publisher for what amounted to a Japanese Indie development group known as Quintet. Quintet was responsible for two of the SNES’s most unique and memorable titles, “ActRaiser” and “Soul Blazer,” which both went on to receive abysmal sequels. Despite a...